Magazine plate-holder for cameras.



J P. SHUKIS. MAGAZINE PLATE HOLDER FOB CAMERAS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1912.

Patented July 30, 1912.

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J. P. SHUKIS.

MAGAZINE PLATE HOLDER FOR CAMERAS.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1912. 1,033,834.

Patented July 30,1912 3 5 SHE ETSSHEET 2.

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MAGAZINE PLATE HOLDER FOR CAMERAS.

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J. P. sHUKIs. I MAGAZINE PLATE HOLDER FOR CAMERAS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1912. 1

Patented July 30, 1912. a 5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14I 1912.

1,033,834. Patented July 30, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented July so, rare.

Application filedit'fareh i, 1912. Serial No. $83,669.

which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in plateholdlng attachments for cameras and the/ob ect of the invention is to provide an attachment which may-be loaded with a dozen or as many'plates as may be desired, and as these plates are exposed, they may be stored one. at. a time in the attachment, thus avoiding the necessity of using a number of separate plate holders which have to be brought to and from the dark room.

In the preferable embodiment of my invention I provide an attachmentwhereby there are two storage chambers on opposite sides of a focusing opening so that after the camera is focused, one of the plates may be moved edgewise into the position for exposure, and after the exposure is made, the plate is moved to the other side of posure opening for storage.

The invention consists of an attachment of this character hereinafter descnbed and claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part hereof, which it should be understood represent the..preferable though not necessary embodiment of my invent-ion: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a camera having my invention attached thereto. Fig; 2 is a perspective view of the attachment.

thrown open, so that the parts may be bet-.

ter seen. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section'of my attachment Fig. t is a sectional view through the storage chamber. Fig. 5 is avertical section on a line passing through the exposure opening. Fig. 6 is a top plan viewof the deyice for rotating the plate transferring mechanism. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the plate transferring slide and its operating gear. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the plate holders. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the mechanism for shiftin the plates within the storage chamber. ig. 10 is a perspective view, with parts broken away, of one of the sectional plate shifting devices. Fig. 11 1s pen the exspective view ofpart of the frame. Fig. 12

is a perspective view of a pair of slides.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by numeralsl designates a camera of any ordinary construction to which my attachment may be secured, the attachment being secured in position in place of the or dinary plat-e holders now so commonly em- ,ployed. To this end I provide a frame 2 which is secured to the camera by the usual spring clips 3 so that the attachment may be as readily secured to the camera as the ordinary plate holder, and in the same manner.

The aforesaid frame 2 has a large circular opening within which is secured a rotatable member 4 which permits the plate carrying box, hereinafter described, .to be rotated with respect to the frame 2, a spring clip 5 being employed which has a projection adapted to fit within one of several openings 6 in the frame 2, in order to hold the plate holding device in the. proper position with respect to the aforesaid frame 2.

The aforesaid rotatable member 4 is secured to the rear end 9 of a housing or boxlike structure 10, the member 9 being adapted to rotate with the rotatable member t so that the housing or .bo X-like structure 10 may be held by the spring clip 5 at the desired angles with respect to the camera, by means of the aforesaid spring clip 5.

The housing or box-like structure 10 is hinged at 11 to the aforesaid member 9, hooks or equivalent means 12 being employed to lock said housing or box-like structure to the member 9 in the position shown in Figs. 4.; and 5; the box-like structure being capable of opening, when the hooks 12 are released, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Said housing or boX-like structure is rather longer than the camera is wide as will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2, and it contains three openings, first, an exposure opening 14 illustrated in Fig. 3; second, a loadto place his face against the hood so thatjhe turned at right angles,

be rotated with respect to the box-like structure 10 so that it will stil-lbein the properposition for focusing.- Within the. focusing chamber'I secure two pairs of guides 24--26 within which works a slide" 28 which,'whenthe focusing is being done, may be moved to the position shown in dotted'lines in Fig. 5 but after the focusing is finished, said slide may be insertedin the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5 thus effectually shutting off the light which would otherwise pass from the focusing hood 20. I should here men-- tion that at the other end of the focusing chamber there is an opening 30 formed in the member v9 through which the focusing is also done, and within the member 9 are arranged two co-acting slides 32 and 34, one ofwhich works within a groove of the other (see Fig. 11), the construction being such thatif a large picture is to be made, both .of these slides may be moved so that the opening 30 is of its greatest size but when a picture is to be taken which is one-half the size of sald openlng, one of these slldes may be moved so as to close half of the opening. Or both slides may be moved to close the opening to any desired extent. These slides are provided with pivoted handles 36 and 38 which project through a slot 40in the member 4 and it will be understood that the slides may be operated by moving the handles 36 and 38 in a manner well understood.

Located between the loading and storage chambers and the member 9, I arrange a plate transferring slide 42 tive View in Fig. 7; this slide being shown in operated position in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5.,

The slide 42 is provided with two rectangular openings 44 and 46, as indicated in Fig. 7, one of these (46) having a ground glass 48 secured therein, and the other (44) being.

arranged to receive a-plate holder as will be hereinafter described. This slide 42 isprovided with a rack 49 with which co-acts a pinion 5Q fixed to a shaft 52, one end of which passes through the box-like structure 1-0 and has on its end a thumb wheel 54- by means of which .he shaft may be turned to rotate its gear 50 to move the plate holding slide 42 back and forth within the recesses contained between the boxlike structure and the member 9. It maybe further said that when the operator moves this slide 42 to the position shown in Fig. 3, the focusing glass 48 is between the loading and storage chambers and oppositethe focusing chamber so that if the operator withdraws the slide 28, he may, by looking through the focusing focus the camera. WVhen the slide is in the shown in rspechood 20, properly position j st referred to (see Fig. 3), the opening 44 of the slide 42 is directly opposite the loading ichambe-r- 15 so that it is in -a position to receive a plate and plate holder as will behereinafter described. After the the plate within the slide comes opposite the opening 30 in the member 9. The exposure may now be made and after'it is made, the operator then again rotates the thumb wheel 54 to move the slide 42 until the plate contained therein is opposite the storage chamber 16, when said plate may be removed in a manner'hereinafter described. After the-plate has been removed from the slide, the operator again rotates the thumb wheel 54 to move the empty slide 42 back to the position shown in Fig. 3, ready for the camera to be re-focused if necessary and to receive another plate from the loading chamber 15.

In order to move the plates from the loading chamber into the slide 42 and from said slide 42 into the storage chamber 16, I provide mechanism as will now be described. First, however, I would state that the plates are contained in thin metal plate holders 60 shown in Fig. 8, this holder comprising a flanged sideand ends to receive the plate and having one removable flanged portion 61 to close the open side of the holder, the holder proper (60) having indentations 62 into which fit projections 63 in the part 61, to lock the part 60 to the part 61. The chambers 15 and 16 have at the top and bottom a sectional rolling frame 64 and 65 (see 'Fig. 4), these sectional frames being supported at the top and bottom by means of cross bars .66 and 67. The said sectional frames are provided with slate 68 having projections 69 projecting therefrom, the spaces between the projections of the adjacent slats being just sulficient to retain a plate holder between them. In order that these sectional frames 64 and 65 may be operated at the proper times, I employ a shaft 7 0 suitably journaled in the top and bottom of each chamber 15 and 16, the shaft 70 passing through the sectional frames 64 and 65. To this shaft 70 are secured two metallic ribbons 72 and 73, the-ribbon 72 having one end secured to the shaft 70 and its free end being secured to one of the slats, and the ribbon 73 having one end also secured to the shaft 70 and its other end passing around therod 66 and then back over the shaft 70 and secured to one of the slats near the opposite rod 66 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 10. The construction is such that when the shaft 70 is rotatedgdhe ribbons are so moved with re similar bevel gears '78 fixed. to a common driving rod 80 suitably 'journaled in the box like structure or casing 10. The free end of the ',d1ving rod 80. passes throughthe boxlikestructure or casing 10 and has a gear 82 secured to its exposed end. It is obvious that the rotation of this rod 80 will give the proper movement to the sectional frames 64 and 65 and said driving rod may be operated in any desired manner, but I pref-er the construction shown in the drawings wherein I employ a larger gear 84 suitably journaled to a pin SG-project-ing from a metal plate 87 secured to the 'r gpcr side of the hoxlike structure or casing 10, the gear 84: meshing with the gear 82- on the driving rod 80.

In order that the largergear 84: maybe properly rotated, I secure to it a handle 88. I might further add that in order to make it plain just how the plates are being moved, the larger gear 84: is provided with numbers, each numberdesignating a plate and. as. these numbers come opposite the arrows 90 shown in Fig. 1,,the operator can tell justthe position of the various plates. And in order to determine the location of the slide 42'which shifts the plate holder from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, I employ an indicator 92 havi three marks R C and L? thereon. (Jo-acting with these is a finger 94: which projects through the casing and is connected with a. rack 95 (see Fig. 7) which engages with. a pinion 96 on the shaft 52 which has been hereinbefore described as giving movement to the sliding frame 42, to carry the plates from the loading chamber'to the storage chamber. The construction is such that when the hand wheel 54 is operated to move the slide 42 through its gear 50, the small gear 96 simultaneously moves the rack 95' so that the finger 9% will indicate by means of the characters R, C and.""L the eX- act location of the plate holding slide t2. Thus, when the finger 94.- ,is opposite the t the plate transferring slide 42 is in the proper position to receive a plate from the loading chamber on the right hand side of the attachment looking at Fig. 1. l -Then the hand wheel 54 has been rotated so that the finger 94 is opposite the character Q the plate holding slide has been moved to the position where the platecarried thereby will be in position to be exposed. Finally, when the finger 9d has been moved opposite the character L the plate transferring-slide has been moved to the extreme left, looking I at Fig. 1 so that the plate carried by the slide 42is in the posit-ion to be moved therefrom into the storage chamber.

The operation is as follows: Assuming that the attachment is-entirely empty, the operator, in a dark room, of course, after loading the desired number of plates intov plate holders such as shown in Fig. 8, places said loaded plate holders, one at a time, between the projections on the sectional frames in the loading chamber 15, the operator turning the handle 88 of said loading chamber the proper distance to remove the plates one at a time into said chamber. .After the loading chamber is entirely filled with plates, the number 1 on the large gear 84 will be opposite the arrow 90 on the right hand side as indicated in Fig. 1. The device is now locked in a closed position by means of the hooks 12 and is ready to be taken from the dark room and attached to the end of a camera in the manner in which plate holders are ordinarily secured to cameras. After the attachment has been secured to the camera and it is desired to focus the camera, assuming that the plate transferring slide 42 is in the proper position to have the ground glass 48 in the focusing position, the operator moves the vertical sectional slide 28'from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5 to the position shown in dotted linesin the said figure, and if the slides and S t have been opened to the proper positions, the operator may properly focus the camera for exposure. After the 100 focusing has been properly attended to, the operator inserts the slide L8 111 the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5 and then rotates the right hand handle 88 until the re "2 moves opposite the arrow 90.

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' .s movement of the handle 88 through the gears 82 and 84 will cause the first loaded plate holder to be projected into the rabbets 56 of the plate transferring slide 12. The operator now rotates the thumb wheel 54c until the finger 94 is opposite the character which thus indicates that the plate transferring slide has moved its plate to the position in which the exposure is to be made. After the exposure has been made the operator again rotates the thumb wheel 54 until the finger 94 is opposite the character L. By this movement the plate transferring slide has been moved until the exposed plate is'opposite the loading chamber. Then the operator moves the left hand handle 88 until the figure 1 comes opposite -the arrow 90 at the left hand side of Fig. 1. This movement of the handle 88 through its gears 82 and 8st rotates the rod 80 to cause the sectional frames to move so that the first set of pins 65 will. grasp. the loaded plate holder and move it frond out of the/rabloets 56 of the slide l2 into. the loading chamber. The operator again rotates posure opening.

From the foregoing and accompanying drawings it will be seen that I have invented a magazine plate holding attachment for cameras that is capable of being loaded with a number of plates and then easily attached to the camera and the platesexposed, and

after exposure being moved within'the stor age chamber, all these movements being caused by manipulations by, the operator of parts located, on the exterior of the attachment.

It is obvious that my-invention is not limited to the embodiment illustrated, and I ,.therefore refer to the appendedclaims in order that the scope of the invention may be ascertained. -What I claim as my invention is:

1--. In a maga ine plate holder,- a' box-like frame having an exposure opening through which the focusing may be done, loading and storage chambers -on opposite sides of said e posureopening, and a slide adapted to receive and transfer a plate from the loading chamber tot-he storage chamber, said slide being movable, while containing its plate, from the loading chamber to the storage chamber.

2. In a magazine plate holder, a box-like frame having an exposure opening through which the focusing may be done, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, and a slide adapted to receive and transfer'a plate from said loading chamberto said storage chamber,

said slide havingya part through which the,

exposure may be made when the slide is moved so that said part is opposite sald exposure opening. V

3. In a magazine plate holder, a box-like frame having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, a slide adapted to receive and transfer a plate from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, said slide being movable, while containing its plate, from the loading chamber to the storage chamber and means operable from the exterior of the box for moving a plate from the loading chamber into said slide.

4. In a magazine plate holder, a box-like frame having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said expo-sure opening, a slide adapted to receive and transfer a plate from the load ng chamber to the storage chamber, said slide being movable, while containing its plate, from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, means operable from the exterior of the box for moving a plate from the loading chamber into said slide, and means operable from the exterior of the box for moving a plate' from said slide into the storage chamber.

frame having an exposure opening, loading said exposure opening, a slide adapted to receive and transfera plate from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, said slide being movable, while containing its plate, from the loading chamber to the storagechamber and means operable from the exterior of the box for moving a plate from the loading chamber into said slide, said means comprising a movable frame formed of slats having projections spaced apart substantially the proper width to receive theplate,

6. In. magazine plate holder, a box like frame having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, and a slide adapted to transfer a plate from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, said slide being loading chamber to the storage chamber,

and a plate receiving aperture in another portion.

7. In a magazine plate holder, a box-like frame having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on.opposite sides of said exposure opening, a slide adapted. to receive'and transfer a plate from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, said slide being movable, while containing its plate, from the loading chamber to the storage chamber and a rack and pinion for moving said slide.

8. In a magazine plate holder, a box-like frame having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, a slide adapted to transfer a plate from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, said slide being movable, while containing a plate, from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, and having a ground glass in one portion and a plate receiving aperture: in another portion, and a rack and pinion for moving said slide.

having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, plate moving devices within said loading and storagechambers, and means foroperating said devices, said means-comprising a shaft geared to said devices, the end of the shaft projecting through the frame on the exterior thereof 7 5. In a magazine plate holder, a box-like and storagevchambers on opposite sides of movable, while containing a plate, from the and having a ground glass in one portion,

9. In a magazine plate holder, a casing and therebyfshift the plates.

1 In a magazine plate holder, a casing having an exposure openin loading and storage chambers onopposite sides of said exposure opening, plate moving devices Within said loading and storage chamber, means f r operating said devices, said means comprising a shaft geared to said devicds, the end of the shaft projecting through the frame on the exterior thereof,

a gear on theprojecting end of said shaft,

and a second gear meshing vvith the first named gear and having a handle thereon V for rotating the same.

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12. In a magazine plate holder, a having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of the exposure opening, plate moving frames located Within said loading and storage chambers comprising sections or slats, and means for operating said sectional frames comprising a shaft geared to said frames, the end of the shaft projecting through the frame on the exterior thereof whereby said rod may be rotated to move the frames to shift the plates,

18. In a magazine platerholder, a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said ex piosure open1ng,plate moving dev ces Within said chambers comprising a movable sectional frame at the top and bottom of each chamber, and means passing to the exterior of the casing for operating said sectional frames from the exterior of the casing.

1%, In a magazine. plate holder, a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, Jlate moving devices Within said chambers comprising a movable sec tional frame the top and bottom of each chamber, means passing to the exterior of the casing for operating said sectional frames from the exterior of the casing, and slide cooperating with said p ate moving frames and adapted to receive a plate fron.

the sectional frame in the loading chamber and transfer it to the sectional frame in the storage chamber.

15. In a magazine plate holder, a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said chamber geared. to the rods of both sa.

exposure opening, plate moving devices'within said chambers comprising a movable sectional frame at the top and bottom of each chamber, rods on which said movable frames are carried, a ribbon connected with each sectional. frame for giving the same movement, and a rod in-each storage chamber geared to operate the ribbons of both of said frames, the end of said rod passing to the exterior of the casing whereby said rodv may be rotated to move the frame toshift the plate.

16. In a magazineplate-holder, a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, plate moving devices Within said chambers comprising a movable sectional frame at the top and bottom of each chamber, rods on which said movable frames are carried, a ribbon connected with each.-

sectional frame for giving the same movement, a rod in each storage chamber geared to operate the ribbons of both of'said frames, the end of said rod passing to the exterior of the casing whereby said rod may be rotated to move the frames to shift the plate,

and a slide coperating With said plate mo ing frames" and adapted to receive a plate from the sectional frame in the loading chamber and transfer it to the sections frame in the storage chamber.

17. In a magazine plate holder, a casin having an exposure opening, loading itIlC storage chambers on opposite sidesof sai exposure opening, plate moving devices Within said chambers comprising a movabl sectional frame at the op and bottom of each chamber, rods on which said mava,

frames are carried, a rich on connected vzi l each sectional frame for giving the sa movement, a rod connected with said; r1

bon, and an operating rod in eacl frames, the end of said operating rod passing to the exterior of the casing whereby said rod may be rotated to move the frames to shift the plates.

18. In a magazine plate holder, a casing having an exposure opening, loading storage chambers on opposite sides exposure opening, plate moving devices Within said chamberscomprising a movable sectional'frame at the tbp and bottom of each chamber, rods on which movable frames are carried, a 'flbbill'i connected with each sectional frame for g ving sa'nmovement, a rod connected With-said ribbon, operating rod in. eah chamher geared to the rods of both of said frames, the end of said operating rod passing to the exteri r of the casing whcreby rod may be rotated to moie the fran'les to shift the plates, and a slide coiiperating with said plate moving frames and adan' ed receive a plate from the sectional frame the loading chamber and transfer it to the storage chambers on opposite sides of saidexposure opening, plate moving devices within said chambers comprising a movable sectional frame at the top and bottom of each chamber, pins projecting from the sections of said frame adapted to receive and hold said holders, and means passing to the exterior of the casing, for operating said sectional frames from the exterior of the casing. I

.20. In a magazine plate holder, a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, and said casing being rotatably secured to a frame, whereby the cas: ing with its loading and storage chambers may be rotated with respect to said frame.

21. In a magazine plate holder, a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides, of said exposure opening, said; casing being rota-- tably secured to a-frame, whereby the casing with its loading and storage chambers may be rotated with respect to said frame, and a spring clip for holding the casing in its adjusted positions.

22. In a device of the character described, a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, a plate transferring slide, movable, while containing a plate, from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, means for operating said slide and alndindicator for showing the position of the s 1 e. t. 23. In a device of the character described, a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, 'a plate transferring slide, Ifiovable, while containing a plate, from the loading chamber to the storage chamber, a hand Wheel and cooperating parts for moving said slide, and an indicator for showing the position of the slide.

24. In a device of thecharacter described, I

a casing having an exposure opening, loading and storage chambers on opposite sides of said exposure opening, a plate transferring slide, a hand Wheel and cooperating parts for moving said slide, and a moving indicator and three index marks with which said moving indicator cooperates to indicate the three positions'into which the aforesaid slide may be moved.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH P. SHUKIS. Witnesses:

GEORGE J. RITCHIE, EDNA P. HAUr'r.

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